Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!losttourist@social.chatty.monster
Oct 28, 2026, 12:27 PM@jk Wait, there's more than one kind?
(source: am British person)
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Ken Butlernxskok@cupoftea.socialOct 28, 2026, 3:02 PM@losttourist @jk ditto, and almost ditto (there's also the kind of tea they serve you at east-Asian restaurants).
Oct 28, 2026, 3:04 PM@losttourist Had british guests at a cafe I worked, served loose-leaf tea in a cotton-sack like doodad. Response: "Oh there's the tea! But, proper tea's got little strings hanging out of it !" (Fairly sure it was a joke)
P.S. since this was Norway, it was ovviously Earl Grey tea. @jk
- Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!losttourist@social.chatty.monsterOct 28, 2026, 3:13 PM
@hakona @jk Are you sure they were Brits? Tea bags are ubiquitous in the UK, but very rarely the ones with strings attached. You only get those on posh tea (e.g. served to tourists in cafes, or if you're the Queen).
Americans, on the other hand, can't seem to wrap their heads around the idea of tea bags that don't come with string tails.
- Oct 28, 2026, 3:47 PM
@losttourist They were, or they could have been pretending :) "Prope' teas go' li'o' strings hanging out of i' " (if you read the ' as a stop) @jk
Noodlemaznoodlemaz@mstdn.gamesOct 28, 2026, 10:34 PM@losttourist @hakona @jk or in a hotel. Even cheap ones.